Paranoid Jack wrote on Feb 1, 2015, 23:01:Best game Super Bowl or otherwise I have seen in decades. The last few minutes were priceless.

It was a fantastic game. Had Seattle won I would still think it was a fantastic game to have watched. Pete is taking the blame in the media for that call but his OC is going to take a shit ton of blame.

Pete should not be coaching next year.

well at least we know martians don't know shit about football.

and you know shit about anything! Worst coaching decision in any s SB! ever!

The lack of logic that it takes to fire someone over what "might" have been their decision on one play when they have taken a team to the Super Bowl two years in a row....winning the first by a blowout....is startling.

Jivaro wrote on Feb 1, 2015, 14:08:It reminds me that I still haven't gotten of my ass and played Last of Us yet despite the fact that I very certain that I am going to love it. I really ought to do that, if only so I can stop having to go out of my way to avoid spoilers.

It's a fantastic game. Some of the best writing in a game, for sure. Don't forget about the SP DLC afterwords, and then watch Grounded there on YT, or on Amazon video.

Paranoid Jack wrote on Feb 1, 2015, 23:01:Best game Super Bowl or otherwise I have seen in decades. The last few minutes were priceless.

It was a fantastic game. Had Seattle won I would still think it was a fantastic game to have watched. Pete is taking the blame in the media for that call but his OC is going to take a shit ton of blame.

I don't know about the order....and I wouldn't include non-exclusives for a list titled "Top PS3 games"....but it is a quality list of games.

It reminds me that I still haven't gotten of my ass and played Last of Us yet despite the fact that I very certain that I am going to love it. I really ought to do that, if only so I can stop having to go out of my way to avoid spoilers. This game and Game of Thrones....the two things that I keep meaning to do if only so I don't have to avoid half the shit my friends post on the Internet...lol.

christheshitter wrote on Jan 30, 2015, 22:44:Paying $35 monthly for 100/100Mbps connection here in Sweden. I feel sorry for you guys over there!

Stofa? Is it still the awesomesauce?

Mmh.. Stofa seems to be based in Denmark so we don't have them here.

And there's quite plenty here who get subsidized fiber connections. Taking an example some choose to lock in themselves to a singel fiber provider for a five year plan. Then they can pay $16 for 1000/1000Mbps. Some pay nothing and instead it's baked in the rent.

Interesting, I thought Stofa was based in Sweden but served parts of Denmark as well. My mistake I guess.

Trashy wrote on Jan 30, 2015, 18:47:In my area my choices are Comcast which I have a 105 Mbit down/12 Mbit up internet only package or DSL from Fairpoint that can barely do 1 Mbit of the advertised 6 Mbit and they're generally about the same price monthly since it requires paying for a landline and such..

Same deal for me basically. I can go with Comcast and get decent speed and terrible customer service for the same price I could pay AT&T for slower DSL and nearly as crappy customer service.

Jivaro wrote on Jan 29, 2015, 12:06:I definitely want to buy this but I am waiting because I am fairly certain that the expansions are coming as additional expenditures.

They wont. According to the devs, source code and assets of those addons where lost somewhere in time. They would have to recreate the game from scratch. Similar situation with the upcoming HD version of Homeworld. Code and assets of the Cataclysm addon were lost when Rockstar bought Barking Dog and employees moved to another location.

That's too bad. Ahh well, as others have pointed out, there are other ways to "modernize" the game and still get all of the expansions etc.

*shrug* At the time it was released, I enjoyed it tremendously. I just don't think it aged very well and I am not sure that "remastering" it will help. As others have mentioned, some of the gameplay mechanics were truly horrid. At the time I didn't care much, plenty of games had controls and areas that I felt like I had to battle through to enjoy the rest of the game. These days that is something that is much less easy to forgive.

Dragon's Dogma was an excellent game, and the "enhanced edition" called Dark Arisen was fun too. I can see the appeal in an open world MMO game in the setting. F2P at launch means I will at least give it a look. It also means I am bracing for disappointment unfortunately....

edit: just read a previous post that pointed out that Capcom is not releasing this in the west. Guess it's good I braced myself for that disappointment.

I think if you are going to do a remake like this you need to include all the expansions, DLC, soundtrack, etc that was released over the lifetime of the game by the original publisher/developer. I definitely want to buy this but I am waiting because I am fairly certain that the expansions are coming as additional expenditures. I will just wait for the "All in one" edition that will undoubtedly follow.

If I am wrong, oh well, I have the original and all of the expansions and I always considered them just fine as is. It isn't that I think they are overcharging for what they are offering, particularly for people who may not have played the game the first time, it's just that I think if you do own the original and the expansions the "HD remake" thing isn't enough to warrant buying it piece by piece again. If you didn't play the original than this is a great deal for a great game.

I have always considered Brenda a talented developer and business woman but I think her biggest and best contribution to the industry comes from her teaching. The video game development program (AKA The Center for Playable Games and Media) at the University of California at Santa Cruz is a fantastic program and it's largely because of her and John that it's not issuing cream puff fake degrees that gives kids a piece of paper to frame but insufficiently prepares them for the actual industry.

I don't know what these awards are based on or who votes for them....and honestly I don't care because most of these awards things are popularity contests....but I do know the industry is better for having Brenda Romero in it.